Inventors:
Ron Hegli - San Diego CA, US
Hal Lonas - Carlsbad CA, US
Christopher K. Harris - San Diego CA, US
Assignee:
BRIGHTCLOUD INC. - San Diego CA
International Classification:
G06F 17/00, G06F 17/30, G06F 15/18
US Classification:
726 11, 726 3, 706 59, 706 12
Abstract:
A method and system for controlling access to an Internet resource is disclosed herein. When a request for an Internet resource, such as a Web site, is transmitted by an end-user of a LAN, a security appliance for the LAN analyzes a reputation index for the Internet resource before transmitting the request over the Internet. The reputation index is based on a reputation vector which includes a plurality of factors for the Internet resource such as country of domain registration, country of service hosting, country of an internet protocol address block, age of a domain registration, popularity rank, internet protocol address, number of hosts, to-level domain, a plurality of run-time behaviors, JavaScript block count, picture count, immediate redirect and response latency. If the reputation index for the Internet resource is at or above a threshold value established for the LAN, then access to the Internet resource is permitted. If the reputation index for the Internet resource is below a threshold value established for the LAN, then access to the Internet resource is denied.